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CIJA legal conference focuses on Abraham Accords

The Jewish Federation of Ottawa is pleased to join with Jewish Federations across Canada to partner with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) to co-host CIJA's sixth annual Legal Conference, on March 2, where experts will explore the implications of the Abraham Accords from a lega…

Two of Ottawa’s largest congregations recently hired talented new directors

Two of Jewish Ottawa’s largest congregations recently hired talented new Executive Directors.  Jeremy Rosenberg started work at Kehillat Beth Israel (KBI) at the end of January and Michael Goldstein returned to Congregation Machzikei Hadas (CMH) in November.  

For Goldstein, coming ba…

PJ Library teaches chesed with the help of Robyn Aaron's Labour of Love

As part of a Kindness Week initiative, PJ Library is partnering with a grassroots project to create a special program that teaches the values of chesed (kindness) and tzedek (justice) while helping women in need.   

 

Ten years ago, Jewish community member Robyn Aaron began a personal l…

Something funny is coming to town

Ottawa Jewish Community Festival “Jews on the Roof” plays the Bytowne on March 21

What makes Jews funny? Is it, as Saul Bellow explains, the perfect balance of “laughter and trembling.” Or, what Freud calls our “defensive coping mechanism;” or, simply a way of dealing with mi…